SAN FRANCISCO —
David Ely’s takeaways:
1) Cowboys, Eagles lead NFC to comeback win. NFC East rivals banding together for game-winning plays? Only in the Pro Bowl Games. Star players from Dallas and Philadelphia put aside their regular season differences to spearhead a dramatic comeback for the NFC on Tuesday night in San Francisco. A whopping four Cowboys players combined to catch five TDs with KaVontae Turpin, George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb nabbing the final three scores of the game as the NFC roared back from a 52-36 third-quarter deficient to improve to 4-0 in this iteration of the Pro Bowl Games. In the second half, NFC coach Jerry Rice deployed a two-QB system of Jalen Hurts (three TD passes on the night) and Dak Prescott (four TDs) that proved tough for the AFC to stop. On consecutive drives in the second half, Hurts took a red zone snap, quickly pitched the ball to Prescott, who found a Dallas receiver for six. The second of those plays resulted in a Pickens TD that gave the NFC its first lead since the opening stanza and led to Pickens claiming Offensive MVP honors. The AFC had a chance to tie the game on the ensuing possession, but Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. intercepted Joe Burrow in the end zone to end the AFC’s last threat of the game – a play that Winfield Defensive MVP.